Hurricane Humberto developed extremely rapidly on September 12,
2007, before making landfall along the southwestern Jefferson
County, Texas coast as a Category 1 hurricane early on the
morning of September 13, 2007.
Humberto made history due to
its rapid strengthening from a tropical depression the morning
of September 12, 2007, to a hurricane early on September 13,
2007, as no other hurricane has ever strengthened so quickly
close to landfall. After making landfall between High
Island, TX, and Sea Rim State Park, TX, the hurricane then
tracked northeastward across Jefferson and Orange counties,
impacting the Golden Triangle metropolitan area of Beaumont,
Port Arthur, and Orange. This area had been severely
damaged by Hurricane Rita just two years earlier. Although
a small hurricane with a very tight wind field, Humberto
caused considerable wind and flood damage across Jefferson and
Orange counties, with numerous trees and power lines blown down
along with some damage to structures. The storm knocked
out power to 120,000 customers in the area. Damage
estimates across Southeast Texas from Humberto were around
$60,000,000.
Humberto continued
northeastward across southern Newton county, crossing the state
line into western Calcasieu and Beauregard parishes, and causing
additional wind and flood damage along its path. The storm
weakened as it moved further northeastward, moving across
Vernon, Rapides, and far northwestern Allen parishes during the
afternoon hours on September 13th, before exiting the area.
Listed below are post-storm
reports and meteorological data gathered from this hurricane.
All data is considered preliminary, and is subject to change at
any time. Additional
information will continue to be
added to this page in the future.
The following DVDs contain more extensive
satellite and radar animations of Hurricane Humberto:
2007 Tropical Storms and Hurricanes Affecting the United
States: A Satellite & Radar Study
2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season GOES Satellite Imagery
Click here for more information.
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